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Main opposition PASOK leader and Socialist International (SI) George
Papandreou is in Chile for a 2-day conference organized by the Chilean
government and the British think tank Policy Network on the theme
"Progressive Governance - Respose to the Global Crisis: For a future in
a progressive direction", which opened Friday in the town of Vina Del
Mar.

Papandreou will be the keynote speaker on Saturday during a working
dinner of the world leaders attending the conference, including British
prime minister Gordon Brown, US vice president Joe Biden, Brazilian
president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Norwegian prime minister Jens
Stoltenberg, Spanish prime minister Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero,
Argentine president Cristina Fernandez and Uruguayan president Tabare
Vazquez.

The conference is being hosted by Chilean president Michelle Bachelet.

Papandreou is due on Sunday to fly from Chile to New York, to attend
the final session of the Stiglitz Committee before it submits its
proposals to the G-20 summit.

Transport and Communications minister Evrypides Stylianidis revealed on
Saturday that the government intended to announce, in the next few
days, a suspension of fees paid by airplanes, in order to boost tourism
amidst the global financial crisis, clarifying that the suspension
would apply at regional airports and would be effective during the
period from April to September.

Speaking during a press conference on the island of Samos, Stylianidis
also said that additional relief measures being advanced by his
ministry in cooperation with the Tourism ministry would be announced on
Thursday, aimed at ameliorating problems arising due to the crisis.

The minister further noted the ongoing upgrading of the country's
airports and coverage of the operational gaps in civil aviation.

Stylianidis who is on Samos for the inauguration of the Wi Fi (wireless
network) antenna in the areas of Karlovasi, Pythagorio and Vathy,
earlier chaired a meeting of the local Prefectural authority, while he
was also scheduled to meet with party officials and address a gathering
in Karlovasi on the theme "Political developments: the next steps".